María Vilas

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María Vilas
Maria Vilas.jpg
María Vilas in 2011
Personal information
Full nameMaría Vilas Vidal
NationalitySpanish
Born (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming

María Vilas Vidal (born 31 May 1996) is a Spanish swimmer. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Career

In the 2010 European Cup held in Catania, Italy, she won two gold medals in competitions 200m breaststroke and 400 m freestyle, a silver medal in the 200 m freestyle (22/02/91) and three bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay and 4 x 200 M. [2]

In 2016, Privamera Open Championship in Sabadell, Spain, she managed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time. In addition, he surpassed the Galician record 400 freestyle of Bea Gómez with a time of 6 4.38,81. [3]

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, she participated in swimming events women's 800 meters freestyle and 400 medley women's singles. [4]

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References

  1. "Maria Vilas Vidal". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  2. Galicia, La Voz de. "María Vilas Vidal demostró en Catania que es una figura emergente de la natación". www.lavozdegalicia.es. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. "María Vilas se clasifica para Río 2016" (in European Spanish). 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. "María Vilas empieza a saborear su sueño al otro lado del océano" (in European Spanish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.